Eisnor's memory

The Crown asked Eisnor Friday if he remembered the incident and his subsequent time in hospital.

"Faintly," he replied. "I remember being tied down by handcuffs. There were two policemen there. They were nice. They talked to me. I had brain damage. I remember reading about it in the paper."

The family said hearing Eisnor's testimony was hard. Tina Eisnor's siblings said they are suspicious of what they heard.

"He knows what he done, I always use the phrase as 'smart as a fox' because he was always like that," said Jody Illingworth, the victim's brother. "It's difficult to watch him up there. To me, he's faking it."

"It's hard to grasp everything because logically, someone with a gunshot wound, it's obviously going to have an effect on his memory," said Devan Illingworth, Eisnor's son.

Devan Illingworth said he's conflicted with emotions when it comes to his father, with whom he no longer has contact.

During cross-examination, Crown attorney Alonzo Wright had Eisnor to go into detail about his collection of five guns — including the handgun police believe he used June 30, 2010.

"I had a short gun, a .22 that I bought from a school teacher. I kept it in the kitchen cupboard," he said.

Eisnor was on the stand for about two and a half hours.

Defence lawyer Roger Burrill said he hopes the judge hearing the case will rule his client is not fit for trial.

"We have a man who shot himself and he caused himself extreme brain damage. So you tell me when it comes to an issue with your brain, it's extremely complex," Burrill said.